Thursday, November 19, 2009

What are large numbers after crores called?

Recently my friend had asked me about how the large numbers are called in India? I was stupefied after mentioning Lakhs and Crores. Thanks to google, I could find names of the large numbers after crores. Below is the table of how large numbers are called in the Indian Numbering System.


Number
Figure
Indian Name
American Name
105
1,00,000
Lakh
One hundred thousand
107
1,00,00,000
Crore
Ten million
109
1,00,00,00,000
Arawb
One billion
1011
1,00,00,00,00,000
Kharawb
One hundred billion
1013
1,00,00,00,00,00,000
Neel
Ten trillion
1015
1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000
Padma
One quadrillion
1017
1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000
Shankh
One hundred quadrillion
1019
1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000
Mahashankh
Ten quintillion

At present, the Indian numbering system is used  in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar (Burma) and unlike American and European Numbering system, which is based on grouping by three decimal places, Indian Numerical system is based on grouping by two decimal places.

You can know more on the history of large numbers and sanskrit names at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_large_numbers

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